What do you wear to bed? Everyone has her own personal style out in public, and under the covers that holds true, too: from nightgowns to oversized T-shirts to even nothing at all. Designer Daphne Javitch, who makes the ever-so-comfy TEN underwear, teamed up with ever-so-chic Band of Outsiders to create two pajamas sets to celebrate Band's tenth anniversary. Pulling from Band's prep-school aesthetic and giving it a twist with mismatched trim, these sets are smart, classic, and sure to make their way into your bedtime routine. Below, Opening Ceremony spoke with Daphne to get the lowdown on what makes a perfect ten, who her Woody Allen muse is, and what her own pajamas look like.
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DANA MELANZ: How did TEN begin?
DAPHNE JAVITCH: I had been a costume designer for ten years… It's amazing and I loved it, but in a film or a play when you're designing costumes, at the end of the day the only impact you have is on the clothes, unless you're working with a group of people that collaborate with you in other ways. I wanted to have more creative control over the entire process and decide what compromises to make and what to push for. At the time I had transitioned into personal styling and I was looking for the perfect pair of navy-blue underwear that had a '60s or '70s fit and were made out of beautiful fabric with considered designs in great colors. At the time, I was watching a lot of French New Wave and all these old Woody Allen movies, these films where they featured these playful, straightforward, smart, sexy women. I wanted to make something that was inspired and geared towards that kind of woman. So, I just decided to make a navy-blue pair of underwear!
I love those genres too! Who do you think would be more suited to your underwear: Anna Karina or Annie Hall?
Both, but I'm super inspired by Annie Hall, because there's that scene where she smokes pot and leaves her body and she's wearing a camisole and a white pair of cotton underwear. I have a lot of cinematic memories that inspired my line. I think about her a lot; she's just so cool.
I read that in your search for the perfect underwear you were wearing a lot of kids' underwear. What was it about them that you found appealing?
I just wanted really simple, cotton bikinis that didn't have, like, bows and super-thin straps on the side. Just really plain underwear. I couldn't really find them for grown-ups but I found a lot of them for kids. So I wore those.
When you're buying or creating underwear, what is the thing that you look for?
I'm always looking for something that I think is flattering and comfortable, that's practical. No wedgies, no falling apart. I don't want it to dig into me… But, I also want something that if I happen to take my pants off I wouldn't be embarrassed. I want something pretty and that goes with my style and makes me feel more like me.
Do you feel like the underwear you create is meant to be a base layer, or is it something that people will want to show off?
I think it's both. When I started the line, I was wearing a lot of vintage nightgowns that were sheer and I wanted to make these modest shapes that weren't ultra-sexual but that came in beautiful colors, so if you were wearing a sheer dress or top and you saw the underwear through it, it would be in a tennis-ball yellow or beautiful blue or a terra cotta. Seeing them is important… The women who wear the high-waiste
Shop all Band of Outsiders x TEN here
DANA MELANZ: How did TEN begin?
DAPHNE JAVITCH: I had been a costume designer for ten years… It's amazing and I loved it, but in a film or a play when you're designing costumes, at the end of the day the only impact you have is on the clothes, unless you're working with a group of people that collaborate with you in other ways. I wanted to have more creative control over the entire process and decide what compromises to make and what to push for. At the time I had transitioned into personal styling and I was looking for the perfect pair of navy-blue underwear that had a '60s or '70s fit and were made out of beautiful fabric with considered designs in great colors. At the time, I was watching a lot of French New Wave and all these old Woody Allen movies, these films where they featured these playful, straightforward, smart, sexy women. I wanted to make something that was inspired and geared towards that kind of woman. So, I just decided to make a navy-blue pair of underwear!
I love those genres too! Who do you think would be more suited to your underwear: Anna Karina or Annie Hall?
Both, but I'm super inspired by Annie Hall, because there's that scene where she smokes pot and leaves her body and she's wearing a camisole and a white pair of cotton underwear. I have a lot of cinematic memories that inspired my line. I think about her a lot; she's just so cool.
I read that in your search for the perfect underwear you were wearing a lot of kids' underwear. What was it about them that you found appealing?
I just wanted really simple, cotton bikinis that didn't have, like, bows and super-thin straps on the side. Just really plain underwear. I couldn't really find them for grown-ups but I found a lot of them for kids. So I wore those.
When you're buying or creating underwear, what is the thing that you look for?
I'm always looking for something that I think is flattering and comfortable, that's practical. No wedgies, no falling apart. I don't want it to dig into me… But, I also want something that if I happen to take my pants off I wouldn't be embarrassed. I want something pretty and that goes with my style and makes me feel more like me.
Do you feel like the underwear you create is meant to be a base layer, or is it something that people will want to show off?
I think it's both. When I started the line, I was wearing a lot of vintage nightgowns that were sheer and I wanted to make these modest shapes that weren't ultra-sexual but that came in beautiful colors, so if you were wearing a sheer dress or top and you saw the underwear through it, it would be in a tennis-ball yellow or beautiful blue or a terra cotta. Seeing them is important… The women who wear the high-waiste